State v. Hunt

The appellant, Michael Ivan Hunt, has appealed from a sentence imposed by the District Court for Otoe County, Nebraska. For reasons more particularly set out, the sentence is affirmed.

On June 21, 1982, Hunt pled guilty to a charge of second degree murder in violation of Neb. Rev. Stat. §28-304 (Reissue 1979). Murder in the second degree is a Class IB felony punishable by imprisonment of not less than 10 years, or life.

Hunt had originally been charged with first degree murder in violation of Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-303 (Reissue 1979), which is a Class I or IA felony punishable by either life…